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Megan Chance Books in Order

Megan Chance has written 30 books, published between 1993 and 2026. The first book is A Candle in the Dark (1993) and the newest is The Vermilion Sea (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
30
Published
1993–2026
Pages on record
7,055 in 18 of 30 books
Reading time
118–176 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,055 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 30 titles with a page count on record.

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Megan Chance writes historical fiction. A Candle in the Dark (1993) opens a catalogue of 30 titles reaching The Vermilion Sea (2026), taking in The Portrait (1995), Fall from Grace (1997) and Susannah Morrow (2002). The Fianna books draw on Irish American material and the Fenians. Married women, singers, wealth and New York fill the subject tags.

How many Megan Chance books are there?

Megan Chance has 30 books, released between 1993 and 2026. They include 2 series and 23 titles listed outside any series.

Megan Chance Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 30 Megan Chance books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of A Candle in the Dark by Megan Chance (1993)
  2. Cover of After the Frost by Megan Chance (1994)
  3. Cover of The Portrait by Megan Chance (1995)
  4. Cover of A Heart Divided by Megan Chance (1996)
  5. Cover of The Way Home by Megan Chance (1997)
  6. Cover of Fall from Grace by Megan Chance (1997)
  7. Cover of The Gentleman Caller by Megan Chance (1998)
  8. Cover of Susannah Morrow by Megan Chance (2002)
  9. Cover of The Fatal Key by Megan Chance (2002)
  10. Cover of An Inconvenient Wife by Megan Chance (2004)
  11. Cover of The Spiritualist by Megan Chance (2008)
  12. Cover of Prima Donna by Megan Chance (2009)
  13. Cover of City of Ash by Megan Chance (2011)
  14. Cover of Bone River by Megan Chance (2012)
  15. Cover of The Shadows by Megan Chance, book 1 of the Fianna Trilogy (2014)
  16. Cover of Inamorata by Megan Chance (2014)
  17. Cover of The Veil by Megan Chance, book 3 of the Fianna Trilogy (2015)
  18. Cover of The Visitant by Megan Chance (2015)
  19. Cover of A Drop of Ink by Megan Chance (2017)
  20. Cover of A Splendid Ruin by Megan Chance (2021)
  21. Cover of A Dangerous Education by Megan Chance (2023)
  1. 1
    A Candle in the Dark1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  2. 2
    After the Frost1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  3. 3
    The Portrait1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  4. 4
    A Heart Divided1996 · 374 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996374
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  5. 5
    The Way Home1997 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997464
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  6. 6
    Fall from Grace1997 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997336
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  7. 7
    The Gentleman Caller1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  8. 8
    A Season in Eden1999 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999344
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  9. 9
    Susannah Morrow2002 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002402
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  10. 10
    The Fatal Key2002 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002384
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  11. 11
    An Inconvenient Wife2004 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004432
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  12. 12
    The Spiritualist2008 · 418 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008418
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  13. 13
    Prima Donna2009 · 418 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009418
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  14. 14
    City of Ash2011 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011432
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  15. 15
    Bone River2012 · 386 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012386
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  16. 16
    The Elopement2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  17. 17
    The ShadowsFianna Trilogy #12014 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014400
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  18. 18
    Inamorata2014 · 408 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014408
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  19. 19
    The Gift of the DeerTales of the Fianna #12015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  20. 20
    The LovespotTales of the Fianna #22015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  21. 21
    The WebFianna Trilogy #22015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  22. 22
    The Fair-Haired GirlTales of the Fianna #32015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  23. 23
    The VeilFianna Trilogy #32015 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015352
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  24. 24
    Underwave's DaughterTales of the Fianna #42015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  25. 25
    The Visitant2015 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015327
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  26. 26
    A Drop of Ink2017 · 434 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017434
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  27. 27
    A Splendid Ruin2021 · 347 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021347
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  28. 28
    A Dangerous Education2023 · 397 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023397
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  29. 29
    Glamorous Notions2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  30. 30
    The Vermilion Sea2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Megan Chance books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Tales of the Fianna in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Gift of the Deer
  2. 2. The Lovespot
  3. 3. The Fair-Haired Girl
  4. 4. Underwave's Daughter

Fianna Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Shadows
  2. 2. The Web
  3. 3. The Veil

Standalone books

23 books

23 Megan Chance titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Megan Chance books in order?

You only need to read Megan Chance books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Megan Chance

Start with A Candle in the Dark (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Megan Chance book?

The Vermilion Sea (2026) is the newest Megan Chance book released so far.

Is there a new Megan Chance book coming?

No next Megan Chance book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Megan Chance at a glance

Still publishing
Megan Chance published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Megan Chance books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,055 pages across the 18 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 398 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Megan Chance books, 13 of 30, were published in the 2010s.

What the Megan Chance books are about

19 of the 30 Megan Chance books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 6 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.